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How do you like the Paxmate? Annoying to cut, install, does it have the desired effect?And I'm going to steal that idea of putting the cables under the sound absorbing material for long lasting builds, why didn't i think of that?

Itâ€™s very easy to cut and install, but has no effect for acoustic dampingâ€¦ ZERO! NADA! VOID! Just looks good and thatâ€™s it all that it can doâ€¦ I didnâ€™t know that before i bought it but I was too lazy to removing it (I have AcoustiPack Deluxe already and when I have time I will try to remove the PaxMate witch is harder to remove than install)I didnâ€™t stick the PaxMate over the wires! Itâ€™s sticked just on the mobotray and on the lateral panels of the case. Anytime I can use any cable I want. None isn't fixed irremediably. I put all the wires between the mobotray and the right panel of the case. I just cut a rectangular hole in the mobotray too guide the wires though it and after that I applied the material)

Strid wrote:

You might want to change the title.. I expected to see a rig. This is not a rig. This is eye candy!! Great wire management. Perhaps best I've seen .. ever?? Did you fanswap the PSU or is it silent as it is? Might be worth it. And did the PaxMate come precut for the case or just as bulk sheets?

PaxMate donâ€™t come precut for the case. Has come as bulk sheets.The PSU is in warranty period and I canâ€™t swap the fan yet because I may loose that warrantyâ€¦ After the warranty expire I will probably change the fan with Noctua NF-P12.Iâ€™ll make new pics when my 8800GT/GTS (G92) will come

thejamppa wrote:

But I bet those noctuas might howl...

The best fan of the bunch was the Noctua, which overcame our skepticism and lived up toits hype by producing more airflow at lower speeds. Its airflow-to-noise ratio is its best feature, which gives it enough of an edge to make up for its slightly rougher noise character. The Noctua has seen recommendations around the web, and we have no qualms about adding our own to the list. ( http://www.silentpcreview.com/article695-page6.html )

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Itâ€™s very easy to cut and install, but has no effect for acoustic dampingâ€¦ ZERO! NADA! VOID! Just looks good and thatâ€™s it all that it can doâ€¦ I didnâ€™t know that before i bought it but I was too lazy to removing it (I have AcoustiPack Deluxe already and when I have time I will try to remove the PaxMate witch is harder to remove than install)

Cleanest build I've ever seen! And thanks for the tidbit of information above. I was always wondering about that (as it's the only thing I had left to try to quiet down my PC even more) but always hesitated seeing how expensive it was.

I'm with Strid... I think this qualifies more as a "pinup" than a "rig." Acoustic dampening or not, you've achieved the sort of "clean room" look that so many of us strive for and miss. Or, in my case, give up on altogether.

Just to sound a note of caution - while it looks nice, I'm not sure it's necessarily a good idea to have insulating foam sandwiched the motherboard and the tray, as it might inhibit heat dissipation from the CPU and chipset areas on the reverse side of the board.

You'd also need to make absolutely sure that any material there was completely non-conductive, for obvious reasons.

Still, if the temps are OK in practice and everything works, I guess it's all good.

The best fan of the bunch was the Noctua, which overcame our skepticism and lived up toits hype by producing more airflow at lower speeds. Its airflow-to-noise ratio is its best feature, which gives it enough of an edge to make up for its slightly rougher noise character. The Noctua has seen recommendations around the web, and we have no qualms about adding our own to the list. ( http://www.silentpcreview.com/article695-page6.html )

Aye, true but in high impedance situation those buggers howl...

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Very nice indeed. Those pics make me feel guilty about my own build. So you use 2 sound devices without any errors? Never needed to do that myself but I always thought either bios or windows wouldnt like that.

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